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Old May 23, 2003 | 01:14 AM
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Car: 1987 Formula Firebird
Engine: 350carb
Transmission: 700r4
which wire to i use for idigo gauges?

the gauges i bought have a black and a red wire to power the gauges, i will ground the black to a screw, but where should i hook up the red wire to? i want the new gauge lights to turn on only when the interior lights are on and when all the lights are turned on....what color wire is that?
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Old May 25, 2003 | 10:53 AM
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Re: which wire to i use for idigo gauges?

Originally posted by jfawcett10
the gauges i bought have a black and a red wire to power the gauges, i will ground the black to a screw, but where should i hook up the red wire to? i want the new gauge lights to turn on only when the interior lights are on and when all the lights are turned on....what color wire is that?
Understand my question? i can clarify if not...

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first off...where in the hell did you find idigo gauges overlays for a firebird?????????? i Want some and have been looking all over the place. i'm stuck with just white over lays :-/ please let me knwo where you found them!
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Old May 25, 2003 | 11:16 AM
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Go here

Starting on page 3 (for third gens)

Hope that helps.
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Old May 25, 2003 | 11:00 PM
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From: fort collins co
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well thats where i got them, and i am satisfied with them....

but right now they are connected to a 9v battery, and its just not working like i wanted, so does anyone know how to wire them in to the existing car battery?
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Old May 25, 2003 | 11:19 PM
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to a 9volt?? eww... nice and dim i bet. how how wires are there ?
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Old May 26, 2003 | 09:06 PM
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Looking in the trusty haynes manual (haha, funny) the schematic says the power wire to the Instrument cluster lights is Gray, it should be in the white connector that the cluster plugs into... you can splice into it easily. Good luck....
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Old May 26, 2003 | 11:08 PM
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Looking in the trusty haynes manual (haha, funny)
-=pukes on the page you where reading=- I'm sorry did you REALLY need that book? hahaha
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Old May 26, 2003 | 11:35 PM
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-=pukes on the page you where reading=- I'm sorry did you REALLY need that book? hahaha
haha, I didn't buy it, my friend whom I bought the car from gave me it when I bought it. The only thing it comes in handy for are schematics and torque specs. BAH
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Old May 26, 2003 | 11:56 PM
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LOL i got the book from pep boys and copyed the tor. spec and then got a refund of the book LoL
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Old May 27, 2003 | 12:01 AM
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lmfao, i donno about pepboys man, never buy **** from them... i'll stick to the local speed shop
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Old May 27, 2003 | 12:02 AM
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btw, wtf is up with your attitude
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Old May 27, 2003 | 12:09 AM
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btw, wtf is up with your attitude
don't get me wrong i'm just messing around and tryign to have a good time. i don't mean to be rude in any way if it sound that way i'm sorry. lol just saying that the books sucks. and you made fun of the book and so did i thats all
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Old May 27, 2003 | 01:40 PM
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lmfao, i donno about pepboys man, never buy **** from them... i'll stick to the local speed shop
Hey man don't pick at Pep Boys, I used to work there! Pep Boys offers some of the best quality parts at the lowest prices(if you could only see my evil grin ). Actually I only go to Advance I can't stand Autozone(took their guy 45 minutes to get me some stuff for a HEI) and I used to work at Pep Boys so I don't go there lol.
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